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Cuiel Rilwen
October 15th,2004, 06:51 AM
Allrighty folks...some of you will already have seen that there are two different productions of the story about Beowulf in the make. The movie in question here is a canadian/icelandic production directed by Sturla Gunnarson, it starrs among others Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgård.

http://www.beowulf-movie.com/

Now this is looking to be a very exciting movie! The site itself is VERY interesting and has storyboards, blogs, making of, galleries, (click galleries>costume), lots of stuff for us to feast on! Go have a look I know you'll like!

Just to entice ya'll here's an image from the costume gallery!

http://www.warofthering.net/photoforum/data/514/393wealtheowa.jpg

Don't remember who Wealtheow is tho...:( more on that later!
IronHills Dwarf
October 15th,2004, 02:38 PM
IIRC Wealtheow was the only woman in the original poem to have a speaking line.

What impresses my most about the costumes is the detail work, also they simply look authentic like they came straight off the loom.
Cuiel Rilwen
October 15th,2004, 09:52 PM
They certainly do...the texture of the fabrics look so authentic, and I just love the design! *prays that her sewingmachine will get well again!*
Black Rider
October 27th,2004, 07:54 PM
the costumes are absolutely gorgeous! i'm deffinitely looking forward to seeing more of them

i don't know how the story will be tho, they always manage to screw it up somehow, and since i'm a big fan of the epic i don't know how it will go over.
Cuiel Rilwen
October 28th,2004, 07:43 AM
That is ofcourse a thought I bet most of us have. Somehow I have a good feeling about this one tho...dunno why but I do! :grin:
Black Rider
October 29th,2004, 07:39 PM
maybe coz it's not made in hollywood? the whole iceland thing is pretty cool i think. i would LOVE to travel there!
Cuiel Rilwen
October 29th,2004, 09:35 PM
You know I think you're right...that might be it. Ohhh I do hope my gut is right about this one!
Black Rider
October 30th,2004, 06:12 AM
i hope it is too! lol ;)
IronHills Dwarf
October 31st,2004, 09:59 PM
Well I feel pretty darn good about this project. ;)

Mostly because everything, repeat everything, seems to have been carefully hand produced whenever possible. Ships, hall, costumes, I'd like to see a figure for the total number of costumes made for the film, would give a nice idea of the project's actually size.